Shocking Images From The French Protest Against Uber

The ride-hailing app has offered a threat to certified taxi drivers for a while now, and has received concerted opposition. But never like this.

Taxi drivers have taken to the streets of Paris to contest France’s version of Uber, known as uberPOP. Tires are being set aflame, cars ambushed and flipped over, and roads to Charles de Gaulle airport have been completely blocked. Some taxi service clients are apparently being "held hostage," and riot police have been compelled to intervene.

"Uber firmly condemns the recent acts of violence against Uber partners and their cars, perpetrated today in Paris and in other French cities; whatever the anger, violence is never acceptable. Uber wishes to underline the fact that no French court of justice has declared uberPOP illegal."